what are the benefits of using java bridge for php?

what are the benefits of using java bridge for php? Is it ready/stable for production environment, is there a "best a开发者_如何转开发pproach" to how installing it/managing it?

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You can take advantage of good existing Java software, using your PHP application.

Three good examples I can think of right now are Lucene (free text indexing), BIRT (business intelligence/charts), and RapidMiner or Weka (datamining/ai/machine learning)

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Im personally working with php java bridge right now, and I recommend this approach for reporting for example. You can use jasper reports and obtain good reports in your php framework.

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One advantage is that you can use html test units.